Wake Up Call: Lawyer Who Quit Meta Says He Wanted to ‘Speak Up’

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• Mark Lemley, the attorney who dropped Meta Platforms Inc. as a client in a high-profile copyright case because he disagreed with CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “toxic masculinity,” said in an interview that people who “can bear the cost” to speak up should do so. He decided to air his views on social media because he wanted to make clear that stepping away “wasn’t a function of anything in the case.” (Wired)
• A former partner at McDermott Will & Emery is leading a new alternate legal services provider company called NomosFIT, with a roster of on-demand senior and mid-career lawyers. Led by Chief Executive Officer Ellen Tenenbaum, the company has recruited around three dozen attorneys, many of them retired general counsels, chief executives, or private practitioners. (Legal Dive)
• SurePoint Technologies, which provides law firms with financial and client management software, bought the legal practice management company ZenCase, which offers document automation and time and knowledge management tools. The acquisition stems from clients’ demand for a front-office practice management platform, SurePoint’s CEO said. (Law.com)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Sidney Fohrman joined Paul Hastings as a partner and chair of the music industry practice in Los Angeles. He joins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
• Lisa Lind joined McGuireWoods as a partner in Pittsburgh. She joins from Equitrans Midstream Corp.
• Kyle Davis joined O’Melveny as a partner in its project development and real estate practice group in Dallas. She joins from Troutman Pepper Locke.
• Artie McConnell joined BakerHostetler as a partner in its nationwide litigation practice group in New York. McConnell joins from the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
• Scott MacCormack joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its corporate, M&A, and securities practice group in Seattle. MacCormack joins from Davis Wright Tremaine.
• Charles Marshall will join Burr & Forman as chief operating officer March 1. He is joining from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Sonya Middleton was named senior vice president and general counsel for Cox Communications.